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Disney Shuts Down Former Fox Studio That Made ‘Ice Age’ Movies
- Company already operates two other animation studios
- Studio joins list of businesses eliminated in wake of virus
Ice Age, 2002
Photographer: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Everett CollectionWalt Disney Co. is closing Blue Sky Studios, an animation company it acquired with the purchase of Fox’s entertainment assets two years ago.
The operation will wind down over the next two months, eliminating about 450 positions, Disney said Tuesday. Blue Sky, founded about 25 years ago, is best known for the “Ice Age” and “Rio” film franchises. Its most-recent release was 2019’s “Spies in Disguise.”